Which makes sense, given that Donald Trump is actually talking as if nuclear war isn’t entirely off the table right now. In fact, we should probably just stop talking about this and move along, lest certain bellicose politicians be reminded of certain cartoonishly aggressive stances. So, gang, what happened online this week?

The Chicken and The Eggs (This Pun Would Work Better If Anonymous Twitter Accounts Still Has Egg Avatars)

What Happened: We regret to inform you that your animalistic avatar of the Resistance has been stolen by the enemy.

Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports

What Really Happened: This one might work best if we start without any context. It was, after all, the way that most people found out about it in the first place:

Yes, there really was an inflatable Trump chicken on the White House lawn. His name is Donny and—of course—he has a Twitter account.

Perhaps surprisingly, he’s not a commentary about Trump’s increasingly hawklike stance, but about Trump’s reluctance to release his own taxes. Regardless, a funny thing happened on Twitter: the chicken got co-opted (coop-ted?) by Trump supporters:

Hell Hath No Fury Like a President’s Threat

What Happened: No big deal, just the President of the United States promising to rain down “fire and fury like the world has never seen” on another country, which is totally normal and not terrifying at all.

Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports

What Really Happened: If there’s one thing you really want to hear the President of the United States say when he’s talking about a foreign adversary with nuclear capabilities threatening the U.S., it’s promising “fire and fury” if they don’t shape up. Who even says such things, anyway?

Trump's "fire and fury" comment is oddly similar to one by President Ryan in Tom Clancy's Executive Orders. Speechwriter has a thesaurus?

After it was said, many started to wonder just how official the language was. After all, did the U.S. military really want to be promising potential pre-emptive strikes on other countries? Turns out, probably not.

Trump's "fire and fury" threat to North Korea was "absolutely" his own wording, a WH official tells me, not reading a Kelly script.

The Takeaway: Days later, as the world was ready to perhaps back down from the posturing, the President decided to go in a different direction, suggesting it wasn’t “tough enough” and tweeting… well, this:

Military solutions are now fully in place,locked and loaded,should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!

Return Of The Mooch

What Happened: After a media silence as brief as his tenure as White House Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci returned to the public eye with a tweet that probably sounded better in his head.

Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports

What Really Happened: Hey, guess who’s back? Anthony Scaramucci, onetime White House communications director and permanent punchline, who prepared for his big return to television with a tweet that tried to set the agenda and … well, let’s just see what happened, shall we?

.@RyanLizza is the Linda Tripp of 2017. People know. And he is up at night not being able to live with himself.

I Knew You Were Trouble When You Walked In

What Happened: During a sexual harassment trial, Taylor Swift takes a stand on the stand, and the internet is divided about just what that means.

Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports

What Really Happened: So, Taylor Swift is currently in court with a sexual harassment lawsuit against a DJ that groped her. Because she’s Taylor Swift, it’s something that’s been getting a lot of attention, and stirring up a lot of passion online:

man who sexually assaulted taylor swift is suing her because he lost his job because, WAIT FOR IT…. HE. ASSAULTED. HER. #TaylorSwiftTrial

“Hold my…” what? From the article itself, “”Hold my avocado” is a riff on two things. First, it takes advantage of the ‘hold my beer’ dialogue construction that’s become an internet joke to represent how politicians, brands, or other entities play a race-to-the-bottom game of putting their feet in their mouths.”

Admittedly, the idea actually came from a tweet, but does that mean that Twitter was ready to accept the phrase? All together now: NOT! SO! MUCH!